On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 07:20:55PM -0500, Robert Sigler wrote:
> I really must say that it is impressive to have all of this info at
> a fingers touch but surely you more experienced users have some
> good ideas on how to best configure this tool. Thank you.
Hi,
I found it to be an iterative process. And its really something that is
very particular to yourself.
I'm at this point more the "casual" pilot. E.g. i'm trying to make my
first crosscountries above 300km. I'm proably not the poweruser but here
is how xcsoar assists me:
My polcies regarding such a tool are:
- Its supposed to be handsfree(!)
- I have always a clear picture of where I am, without looking
at xcsoar.
- I always have paper maps as backup.
Straight flight:
- No Task just fly away from the field
- Infoboxes:
Altitude
GPs GroundSpeed
Avg climb/sink last 30 seconds
Distance from Home
Direction to Home
Wind Speed
Altitude above Ground (I fly in the mountains)
- Settings:
Map Orientation North up
Auto Zoom
Second Infobox Page:
UTC
LT
TimeOfFlight
Flightlevel
Artifical Horizon
Circling:
- Infoboxes:
Altitude
Avg Climb
Instant Climb
Altitude gained
Wind Speed
- Settings:
Circling Zoom
Map Orientation Track Up
I love the fact that xcsoar displays the altitude in feet below the
meters, this makes it easier to talk to atc.
My Wapoint files contain additional data such as frequencies. I also
created a xcsoar-airfields.txt with additional information on the most
potential airfields.
I sometimes cheat by looking at the flarm radar and see how the others
are doing compared to me.
I created a checklist for me and display it before running.
I use the metar/taf feature to download the local weather report.
The post flight analysis I often use also during flight to see how many
km i did.
- Folken
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